scholarly journals A Crowdsourcing Approach for Sustainable Last Mile Delivery

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4563 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Giret ◽  
Carlos Carrascosa ◽  
Vicente Julian ◽  
Miguel Rebollo ◽  
Vicente Botti
Keyword(s):  
Complex Network ◽  
Sustainable Transportation ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Delivery Routes ◽  
Private Transportation ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
High Reduction ◽  
Intelligent Approach ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
The City

Sustainable transportation is one of the major concerns in cities. This concern involves all type of movements motivated by different goals (mobility of citizens, transportation of goods and parcels, etc.). The main goal of this work is to provide an intelligent approach for Sustainable Last Mile Delivery, by reducing (or even deleting) the need of dedicated logistic moves (by cars, and/or trucks). The method attempts to reduce the number of movements originated by the parcels delivery by taking advantage of the citizens’ movements. In this way our proposal follows a crowdsourcing approach, in which the citizens that moves in the city, because of their own needs, become temporal deliverers. The technology behind our approach relays on Multi-agent System techniques and complex network-based algorithms for optimizing sustainable delivery routes. These artificial intelligent approaches help to reduce the complexity of the scenario providing an efficient way to integrate the citizens’ routes that can be executed using the different transportation means and networks available in the city (public system, private transportation, eco-vehicles sharing systems, etc.). A complex network-based algorithm is used for computing and proposing an optimized Sustainable Last Mile Delivery route to the crowd. Moreover, the executed tests show the feasibility of the proposed solution, together with a high reduction of the CO 2 emission coming from the delivery trucks that, in the case studies, are no longer needed for delivery.

scholarly journals Models of zoning of urban territory for rational delivery in the microconsolidation system

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-73
Author(s):  
Lidia Savchenko ◽  
Volodimir Davydenko
Keyword(s):  
Optimization Models ◽  
Heavy Vehicles ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Tier System ◽  
Delivery Routes ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Logistics Delivery ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Consolidation ◽  
Urban Territory

Urban logistics (or city logistics) is developing rapidly due to the strong growth of e-commerce. Accordingly, the last-mile urban logistics faces a significant number of orders that need to be fulfilled in a dense urban development, environmental constraints and permanent congestion. One of the possible systems of rational city delivery is the use of a network of consolidation centers at the micro level. Such a network provides for a two-tier system of urban delivery - 1) from the central warehouse or warehouses to the network of microconsolidation centers; 2) from microconsolidation centers to end consumers. This scheme is especially relevant in the presence of restrictions on the movement of trucks or heavy vehicles in certain areas of the city, as well as in significant congestion and the problem of parking trucks when unloading at the location of the client. Methods (research methodology). To create a rational delivery network through a microconsolidation system, the primary task is to determine the delivery zones (or geographical clusters) - their number, size, location. To solve this problem, optimization models are proposed based on several minimization criteria - delivery distance, time, cost and integrated distance-time criterion. Results. The result is the optimization models creation, based on those it is possible to divide urban consumers into several delivery zones. Delivery routes are planned within each zone of the respective centroid and minimize the cost of last-mile logistics. Delivery of goods to the centroids can be carried out by light or medium trucks, and within the zones should be dominated by delivery of environmentally friendly modes of transport (motorcycle or moped, bicycle, car, on foot delivery with the possibility of public transport usage). Conclusion. Thus, the article provides a mathematical apparatus for obtaining territorial zoning of existing customers of the city in order to minimize the cost (distance, time or their combination) for delivery within each zone. Perspectives. A perspective study may be an analysis of the costs of operating a network of urban consolidation centers and the delivery of goods from the central warehouse or warehouses to this network. Accordingly, the task of minimizing the total costs of the city freight delivery system should be solved, taking into account economic, environmental and social aspects.

scholarly journals Crowd Sourcing Dynamic Pickup & Delivery Problem considering Task Buffering and Drivers’ Rejection -Application of Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning-

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 636-645
Author(s):  
Junyi Mo ◽  
Shunichi Ohmori
Keyword(s):  
Reinforcement Learning ◽  
Numerical Experiments ◽  
Delivery Time ◽  
Crowd Sourcing ◽  
Employment Opportunities ◽  
Matching Algorithm ◽  
Delivery Problem ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Last Mile Delivery

In the last decade, dynamic and pickup delivery problem with crowd sourcing has been focused on as a means of securing employment opportunities in the field of last mile delivery. However, only a few studies consider both the driver's refusal right and the buffering strategy. This paper aims at improving the performance involving both of the above. We propose a driver-task matching algorithm that complies with the delivery time constraints using multi-agent reinforcement learning. Numerical experiments on the model show that the proposed MARL method could be more effective than the FIFO and the RANK allocation methods

scholarly journals Last-mile delivery concepts: a survey from an operational research perspective

OR Spectrum ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nils Boysen ◽  
Stefan Fedtke ◽  
Stefan Schwerdfeger
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Decision Problems ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
The City ◽  
Alternative Delivery

Abstract In the wake of e-commerce and its successful diffusion in most commercial activities, last-mile distribution causes more and more trouble in urban areas all around the globe. Growing parcel volumes to be delivered toward customer homes increase the number of delivery vans entering the city centers and thus add to congestion, pollution, and negative health impact. Therefore, it is anything but surprising that in recent years many novel delivery concepts on the last mile have been innovated. Among the most prominent are unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) and autonomous delivery robots taking over parcel delivery. This paper surveys established and novel last-mile concepts and puts special emphasis on the decision problems to be solved when setting up and operating each concept. To do so, we systematically record the alternative delivery concepts in a compact notation scheme, discuss the most important decision problems, and survey existing research on operations research methods solving these problems. Furthermore, we elaborate promising future research avenues.

scholarly journals Reusing Newspaper Kiosks for Last-Mile Delivery in Urban Areas

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 9770
Author(s):  
José M. González-Varona ◽  
Félix Villafáñez ◽  
Fernando Acebes ◽  
Alfonso Redondo ◽  
David Poza
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Traffic Flow ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Current Increase ◽  
Historic Districts ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
The City

The current increase in e-commerce is generating growing problems in urban areas in terms of both traffic flow (increasing traffic, no parking spaces) and environmental issues (noise, atmospheric pollution, etc.). In parallel, an iconic element of historic districts is disappearing: more and more newspaper kiosks are closing their business as their work dwindles. In this scenario, the objective of this paper is to propose a model for last-mile parcel delivery that exploits the current available newspaper kiosk network by using them as parcel lockers. To demonstrate the benefits of this proposal, we map the kiosk network of the city of Valladolid (Spain), and compare the environmental impact of a traditional (door-to-door) delivery and the proposed model which reuses old kiosks as parcel lockers. The necessary steps to carry out simulations are described in detail so that experiments can be replicated in other cities that face the same issues.

GAP ANTARA KEBUTUHAN OPERATOR PENGIRIMAN BARANG DAN STRATEGI ADMINISTRATOR KOTA TERHADAP UPAYA OPTIMASI LAST MILE DELIVERY

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-36
Author(s):  
Prahara Yanottama ◽  
Nahry Nahry
Keyword(s):  
Operating Systems ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Last Mile ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Last Mile Delivery ◽  
The City ◽  
Urban Consolidation

Abstract   Last mile delivery is the logistics transportation segment that has the most negative impacts and more likely to occur in urban areas. This negative impact will be felt by the urban citizens whose quality of life is guaranteed by the city administrator. On the other hand, logistics operators have limitations in changing their operating systems. The purpose of this study is to identify the gaps in the views of each stakeholder in realizing a solution to logistical problems, namely the Urban Consolidation Center, B20 Fuel, Limited Traffic Zone, and Fleet Renewal. Survey methods through questionnaires and interviews with logistics operators and city or govern-ment administrators were carried out to get each party's views on problems. This study shows that, although both parties still lack knowledge of solutions to logistical problems, it is possible to implement these solutions.   Keywords: gap; last mile delivery; logistics transportation; logistics operator; urban area.     Abstrak   Last mile delivery merupakan segmen transportasi logistik yang paling banyak menuai dampak negatif serta mayoritas terjadi di kawasan urban. Dampak negatif tersebut akan dirasakan oleh masyarakat luas yang kualitas hidupnya menjadi tanggungan administrator kota. Di sisi lain, operator logistik memiliki keterbatasan dalam mengubah sistem operasinya. Tujuan penelitian ini ialah mengidentifikasi gap pandangan masing-masing pe-mangku kepentingan dalam mewujudkan suatu solusi terhadap permasalahan logistik, yaitu Urban Consolida-tion Center, Bahan bakar B20, Limited Traffic Zone, serta Pembaruan Armada. Metode survei melalui kuisioner dan wawancara kepada operator logistik dan administrator kota atau pemerintah dilakukan untuk mendapatkan pandangan masing-masing pihak terhadap masalah-masalah. Studi ini menunjukkan bahwa, walaupun kedua belah pihak masih memiliki pengetahuan yang kurang akan solusi permasalahan logistik, solusi tersebut mungkin untuk diimplementasikan.   Kata-kata kunci: gap; last mile delivery; transportasi logistik; operator logistik; kawasan urban.

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